Electronic log

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measurement of speed

...When the ship is moving, pressure in the forward-facing tube exceeds the pressure in the side tubes; this differential is transmitted to equipment that translates it into a speed measurement. In the
electronic log, which also protrudes through the bottom of the ship, a water-driven rotor turns a small electric generator, the current from which is proportional to the speed of the ship. This...